David Seaman balances SU Libraries and 2nd stint as iSchool dean
Seaman divides his time between Hinds Hall and Bird Library while interacting with students in his capacity as interim School dean and dean of libraries. Read more »
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Raj Dewan appointed dean of SU’s School of Information Studies
Dewan currently serves as the director of the M.S. program in business analytics at the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School. Read more »
Interim deans lead 3 SU schools and colleges
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Information Studies all lack permanent deans. Read more »
SU’s dean of libraries to serve as interim iSchool dean
David Seaman, SU’s dean of libraries, will act as interim dean as the search for a new dean continues. Read more »
UNRESOLVED: Women faculty are divided over pay gap after SU announces resolution
Nearly one year ago, Syracuse University released a faculty salary review report that showed a statistically and economically significant university-wide gender pay gap. Since then, the university has taken a series of actions to close the gap. Read more »
Senate meeting covered updates on undergraduate research, hiring initiative
Provost Michele Wheatly announced the university will fund the hiring of 53 people as part of its Cluster Hire initiative, and a Center for Undergraduate Research will receive $1 million annually from Invest Syracuse. Read more »
Boost the ‘Cuse initially misses donor goal
Boost the ‘Cuse is a 24-hour fundraiser that held its second annual event on Thursday. Read more »
iSchool Dean Liz Liddy announces plans to retire
Liz Liddy, dean of the School of Information Studies, has helped create new opportunities for iSchool students since she started as a visiting assistant professor in 1983. Read more »
iSchool dean promises faculty diversity training in wake of fraternity expulsion
Student said the School of Information Studies needs to make students aware of resources for reporting cases of discrimination. Read more »
Professor Emerita Antje Bultmann Lemke remembered by colleagues as heroic, gracious
During the Nazi Party’s rule in Germany, Antje Bultmann Lemke used a library to help people who were trying to escape persecution. Read more »
iSchool announces establishment of new master’s program in applied data science
Most courses for the program will be housed in the School of Information Studies, but students are required to take several data science courses from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Read more »
Syracuse University hosts entrepreneurship event for women in Bird Library
Local, aspiring women entrepreneurs recently attended a networking and information event at Syracuse University’s Bird Library. Read more »
With a legacy of fighting for women and minorities under her belt, Michele Wheatly sets her sights on Syracuse University
MIchele Wheatly has made advancing women and minorities a key part of her career in academia. Now, she hopes to leave her mark on Syracuse. Read more »
Leaders of SU: A breakdown of the deans of Syracuse University's school and colleges
Here is a breakdown of the deans of each school and college at Syracuse University. Read more »
Here are Syracuse University's new 2016-17 administrators
Four recently appointed top administrators will be starting their jobs this semester. Here's who they are: Read more »
Syracuse University names Jeffrey Stanton as next associate provost for academic affairs
Jeffrey Stanton, former interim dean of Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, has been named the university’s next associate provost for academic affairs. Read more »
Faculty voice complaints at academic year's final University Senate meeting
Discussion about transparency and faculty governance had surfaced at points throughout the semester, but it wasn’t until Wednesday’s meeting that it seemed to come to a head. Read more »
Entrepreneurship program opens inside Bird Library
An opening ceremony for Blackstone LaunchPad, the transparent cube on the ground floor of Bird Library, was held in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons at Bird Library Tuesday afternoon. Read more »
Provost-designate Michele Wheatly plans for future of Syracuse University
Michele Wheatly was approved by the Syracuse University Board of Trustees on Friday to be the university's vice chancellor and provost-designate. Wheatly will play a key role in many of SU's initiatives. Read more »
Syracuse University announces Michele Wheatly as vice chancellor and provost
Syracuse University announced Friday that Michele Wheatly will begin her role as the university's next vice chancellor and provost on May 16. Read more »
SU officials explain how university became top tier research school
SU officials said the university being ranked as a top tier research institute is the culmination of years of investment in the sector. Read more »
Syracuse University, consulting group to conduct review of career services operations
TruMann Consulting and Syracuse University will partner to review the career service centers at SU’s different schools and colleges and the centralized Career Services unit. Read more »
Syracuse University given top tier ranking for research activity
Syracuse University moved from an R2 designation — meaning a “higher research activity” — in 2010 to an R1 designation, which is the best ranking, in the most recent Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Read more »
Advisory committee restructures University Lecture Series
The University Lecture advisory committee will take over the lecture series next semester as Esther Gray, longtime organizer of the series, retires. Read more »
